Improvement in cotton-bale ties



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. SEAVER, OF NEWORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TO ALEX- ANDER H. SEAVER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

qSpecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,141, dated October 23, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Re it known that I, GEORGE A. SEAVER, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, and

State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Ties for Cotton-Bales and other similar purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a partof this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to metallic bands and ties such as have been applied to securing cotton-bales and other similar packages of textile fabrics and goods, and it has for its object a fastening that may be adapted to any size of bale or compressed bale, and which will fastenv itself at any point without special ada-ptation or extraneous assistance or appliance.

To accomplish this object the fastening or tie consists of an oblong link or loop, the sides of which are curved toward each other, so that when the permanent end of the strap or band is clasped to-one of its ends in the ordinary manner the loose end of the band may be passed into the other end of the link and jammed under its curved sides in any required position.

To enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings.

Figure l is a representation of the clasp or tie with the loose end of the band placed within the link in a position for being jammed when the pressure on a cotton-bale, for instance, may

be relaxed. Fig. 2 is the same when the bale has been released from the press, and shows the position of the parts when jammed and held together by the internal strain. Fig. 3 is a separate view of the loose end of the band after it has been used, and illustrates the bending and indentation consequent upon its use.

The loose end of the band a is slid into the loop b, when the two occupy relatively an angular position, the other end, c, of the band being simply clasped or otherwise secured to the other end of the loop. When the band has been hauled through the loop as far as may be possible the latter should be bent down so as to slightly indent with its inner projecting sides the edges of the loose end of the band, and on then relieving the bale from the pressure its expansion draws on both ends of the band, bends the loose end sharply over the end of the loop and iiattens the latter, and thus jams the parts closely together. On releasing the band it will be found that the action of the loop has not only bent the band transversely, but has indented its edges at x in conformity with its own internal surface.

I claim- Making the inner sides of the link with a curved or angular form, substantially as described, for the purpose of holding the band by indentin g its edges, in addition to the transverse bending, when it has been forced into position.

. GEO. A. SEAVER. Witnesses:

E. MURPHY, WM. KEMBLE HALL. 

